A New World Theatre Club production.
By Brian Friel.
Directed by John Turnbull.

Performed 9th to 16th November 2013 at The Check Inn, Findel, Luxembourg.

Brian Friel’s masterpiece concerns the impact of British rule on a remote community in County Donegal. Set in 1833 in a rural “hedge school” where the locals learn reading and writing, Latin and Greek, but speak no English, it charts the arrival of soldiers to map out the country and standardise and anglicise the local place names. The characters’ personal stories are interwoven with historical events to form a powerful metaphor for the troubled relationship between two cultures. Though the dialogue is in English, characters are at times perceived to be speaking in Gaelic. Chekhovian in its subtlety, the writing provides fine acting opportunities for a cast of ten.

Image © 2013 Philip Dutton